Obama:Same-sex partners to get fed benefits (How to destroy an entire country's culture)

AP ^ | 6/16/09 | PHILIP ELLIOTT

[bestintxas]

President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.

Obama plans to announce his decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office, a White House official said Tuesday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the president hadn't yet signed the presidential memorandum.

The official said Obama would release more details on Wednesday.

The decision is a political nod to a reliably Democratic voting bloc that in recent weeks has grown frustrated with the White House's slow movement on their priorities.

Several powerful gay fundraisers withdrew their support from a June 25 Democratic National Committee event where Vice President Joe Biden is expected to speak. Their exit came in response to a June 12 Justice Department brief that defended the Defense of Marriage Act, a prime target for gay and lesbian criticism. Justice lawyers argued that the law allowed states to reject marriages performed in other states or countries that defy their own standards.

[bestintxas]

Islam will not approve.

[goodnesswins]

Oh, goody....our taxes at work.

[driftdiver]

Since its a step towards destroying America Islam will certainly approve.

[Cedar]

Sodom and Gomorrah

[doc1019]

And remember what happened to them!!!! ;-)

[muawiyah]

Expansion of federal employee/retiree medical insurance programs to UNRELATED individuals will have the federal employees and federal retirees demanding that their elderly parents and adult children be allowed in the system.

I've already sent my letter to my Congress-critter just to remind him he'd best get right with God or give us what we want. Since he has one of the most heavily federal employee populated districts in the country, he may pay some attention.

[SloopJohnB]

“It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American descent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people….The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama…” ~ ~ Pravda, May 2009

[ExTexasRedhead]

Combination of Sodom and Gomorrah and Nazi Germany; great combination for Liberals.

[rogue yam]

Everyone please pardon me while I ask an irrelevant question:

How, under the Constitution, does the President have the authority to unilaterally order massive new federal spending?

[radiohead]

The major cities in which I've lived, as well as the college towns, have all offered benefits to same sex couples. Sometimes they have to register as a couple, sometimes they don't. In one town, registered heterosexual couples could get benefits for each other. Personally, I think it's a matter of contract and I don't care if people cover their 'partner,' hetero or homo.

That said - let me repeat "Expansion of federal employee/retiree medical insurance programs to UNRELATED individuals will have the federal employees and federal retirees demanding that their elderly parents and adult children be allowed in the system."

This is what burns me up. If the gays can get coverage, why can't I cover my >25 yr old son? Why couldn't he cover me before medicare kicks in, if necessary? Why can't we contract to cover whom we want and just deal with the premiums? If we allow gay couples to be insured, at the very least, we should allow people related by blood to insure each other.

[free from tyranny]

This is how you build your base. How many of these people will continue to vote for this despicable excuse for a president? He has them hooked!

Time to reel them in.

[freekitty]

So true

[Faith]

How, under the Constitution, does the President have the authority to unilaterally order massive new federal spending?

My question exactly. Where are the checks and balances?

[IronJack]

It’s not his money he’s paying the poofters. It’s OURS. And I object.

[teacherbarbie]

This is just pandering to a group of democratic voters. He's going to give benefits to everybody,anyway.

[fwdude]

I wish more people could afford to shrug.

[RicocheT]

Bailouts, record deficits, irresponsible government spending and now this, Omama has to be a one term president. If he is in power any longer, the USA is doomed. Let’s take back the House or Senate in 2010 to lessen his power, too.

[justiceseeker93]

...extending benefits to same sex partners of federal employees.

Any estimate as to what that is going to cost the taxpayer?

And what it may cost society in terms of cultural degradation and health?

Remember that (male) gays require much higher medical costs than heterosexuals of a comparable age because of their increased risk of many STDs. AIDS, though the most serious, is only one of them, and it predisposes to many other infectious diseases.

[tacticalogic]

Having DC turn into “San Francisco on the Potomac” will make the proposition of having the States take back their authority all that much more attractive.

[Hildy]

It’s like the assault never ends..he wakes up every morning and says how can I destroy America today. ARE WE MAD YET? I AM.. I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE. I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYORE. COME ON everyone...WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.